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A Guennec1, L Brelle2, E Balnois3

  • 1Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et de Chimie Marines, EA 3884, Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient Cedex, France.

Biofouling
|September 28, 2021
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Keywords:
AFMAntifoulingPDMSPHAamphiphilic copolymerdiatomsmarine bacteria

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